HW 8- Growing our own food

Although I was able to plant my own radish seeds in class, I was unfortunately careless enough to forget that I needed to bring them home at some point if I wanted to get them to grow enough so they would be able to eat and they were thrown away. However, I still did have about a week to observe as my radish seeds made progress. My initial thought was: "Wow, I'm growing my own food just like farmers do." However, as I started to read into The Omnivore's Dilemma I realized that its actually not at all how crops are grown. On the other hand, it still felt interesting to grow my own food, like I was creating life and supporting it myself. I feel like the experience would have been greatly enhanced had I actually had the chance to eat my radish, but more then anything growing my own food combined with reading the book made me realize that growing crops is actually not simple at all.